Clare's Sinn Féin TD is defending her party's decision to boycott the White House on St Patrick's Day.

Sinn Féin's leadership has revealed this morning they won't be traveling to Washington this year "as a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza."

Shannon Deputy Donna McGettigan says she supports the move as she believes the party's influence "may not be powerful enough" to bring about a shift in the US foreign policy on Palestine.

She's been telling Clare FM's Seán Lyons it will be up to the Taoiseach to represent the views of the Irish people if an invite is extended to him by President Trump.